Two weeks ago the News and Mail highlighted problems outside Vicki’s newsagent. Two men had been in collision with vehicles in the past few months at the site and one is still recovering in hospital. Councillors Gill Axtell and Judi Trow (both Ind, Chobham) joined villagers on Friday in the hope Surrey County Council would speed up the process to install a safer crossing. Neighbourhood specialist officer PC Mick Whalley also joined the gathering in Windsor Road. Cllr Axtell said: “This is the elderly part of the village. “They use Vicki’s for their everyday shopping so it is important they can cross safely.” She said it was not a safe junction even when people were waiting on the island in the middle of the road. “As people get older they lose weight and their bones get lighter. If they are waiting in the middle they get blown over because of the speed of the traffic that goes past.” A fortnight ago, Surrey Heath’s local transportation manager Graham Hodgson said he hoped to implement plans for a new crossing in the next financial year.